Work Experience

Co-Founder of ITP Material Kitchen

ITP NYU | Brooklyn, NY | June 2023 - Present

• Worked as sustainable materials researcher developing biomaterial recipes and identifying alternative materials for making at ITP

• Presented biomaterial swatches and projects with Yeseul Song at NYU’s *This is Not A Drill* exhibition

• Documented research through illustrated recipes, cooking show video, and web resources

Graduate Teaching Assistant for Interactive Media Arts Courses

ITP NYU | Brooklyn, NY | September 2022 - Present

• Courses assisted: IMA Capstone (Spring 23), Useless Machines (Fall 23), ITP Applications (Fall 23), Code! (Fall 23), Energy (Spring 23), Physical Computing (Fall 22)

• Responsibilities: Attended classes, held office hours, facilitated discussions, developed workshops and presentations, gave feedback to students, organized online class materials

ITP Camp Counselor and Shop Staff

ITP NYU | Brooklyn, NY | June 2023

• Helped facilitate a four-week “unconference” where campers lead 200+ sessions sharing their ideas, knowledge, and interests in all things nerdy and creative

Freelance Illustrator

Brooklyn, NY | March 2021 - Present

• Conceptualized character and scene imagery and created watercolor illustrations for Random Accident in Sector Noah 135/56 by AnnElise Makin and Socks by Katherine Rheinhart

Freelance Technical Consultant and Studio Assistant

for Trey Duvall | Denver, CO | Jan 2019 - March 2023

• Built custom circuitry for interactive garage door motor control (Open, Open, Open, Open, Close, Close, Close, Close by Trey Duvall)

• Prototyped and tested electrical systems and relevant code for kinetic art pieces

• Helped with install/de-install of shows, participated in performance pieces

Studio Assistant

Jen Lewin Studio | Brooklyn, NY | October 2022 - December 2022

Engineer and Product Developer

SparkFun Electronics | Niwot, CO | Aug 2019 - June 2022

• Designed multiple SparkFun products, mostly for the Qwiic (sensors that communicate over I2C) and MicroMod (modular prototyping) brands in EAGLE

• Wrote Arduino libraries in C++, MCU firmware, and Python packages for various sensors/products

• Built PCB’s using pick-and-place machine, tested and debugged prototypes

• Wrote technical documentation, test plans, and blog post content

• Communicated with company partners

Freelance Technical Consultant for Local Artists

Denver, CO | Feb 2020 - June 2022

• Built stepper motor systems for Jaime Carrejo’s installation Waiting at the MCA Denver

• Designed and implemented mp3 sound system for Nikki Pike’s Sound Totems